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Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost

When, oh when, will fall get to Florida? I’m longing for it, but it’s been over 90 degrees every day lately, with very little respite in sight. So I guess I’m relegated to digging up every autumn poem I ever read, and gazing longingly at photos of fall foliage! With no further ado, I present today’s autumn offering.

Gathering Leaves

By Robert Frost

Spades take up leavesNo better than spoons,And bags full of leavesAre light as balloons.

I make a great noiseOf rustling all dayLike rabbit and deerRunning away.

But the mountains I raiseElude my embrace,Flowing over my armsAnd into my face.

I may load and unloadAgain and againTill I fill the whole shed,And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,And since they grew dullerFrom contact with earth,Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.But a crop is a crop,And who’s to say whereThe harvest shall stop?

Are you in Florida, as well? We seem to be having a very LONG, LINGERING summer here, though at least the three digit temps of July and August are gone. Days like today make me wish I were in the Blue Ridge Mountains, my favorite place on earth to be. I take little mental road trips along the Parkway, stopping at overlooks and remembering views I’ve been entranced by. Of course, if you ask my husband, he’ll tell you I take “mental roadtrips” all the time, every day, regardless of season.

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Thanks for commenting, and I hope wherever you are, you soon have some cooler temperature to enjoy, and maybe a leaf or two that turns a color more interesting than brown before dropping from the branch.

Hi, Alice! Great to see you here this morning! I went straight over to check your post, and I loved it. Frost can make me very happy, especially when I’m feeling nostalgic. There’s an essential truth in his work that you don’t have to be a scholar to understand.

Loved your photos, too, and your header. Spiderwort is one of my favorite weeds…er…I mean, wildflowers, of course! I let them pop up in my garden wherever they like, just to enjoy those gorgeous blue blooms. They are free to stay where they wish, as long as I don’t need the space for anything else.

Thanks again for stopping by, and I will be following your blog now, too. (I thought I had already done so, but I’m making certain now, so I don’t miss any more goodies. Have a great day!

My only solace is that in another 2 months, I will be working in my garden, planting winter vegetables, enjoying cool, sunny days, and just enough night time chill to have a fire crackling in the fireplace. And you guys will be freezin’ yer backsides off! Bwaaahahahahaha. THAT’S my Evil Plan.